Answer: She had 200 cards to start with
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x = the amount of cards she had initially. This means she had x cards to start with.
She gave half of the cards she had to a friend. This means she gave her friend x/2 cards. She is left with with (x-x/2) = x/2 cards.
She also gave 1/4 of the remaining cards to her brother. This means that she gave (1/4 × x/2) = x/8 cards to her brother.
Remaining number of cards will be x/2 - x/8 = (4x-x)/8 = 3x/8
She still has 75 cards left. This means
3x/8 = 75
Cross multiplying with 8, it becomes
3x = 75×8 = 600
x = 600/3 = 200
She had 200 cards to start with.
Hello!
To solve, we want to isolate the x on one side of the equation. We can use inverse operations to put numbers on the other side to find x.
First we undistribute our parentheses.
12x-66+15=21
We subtract 15 from both sides (it cancels out the 15 on the left side, making it 0).
12x-66=6
Now we add 66 to both sides, as -66+66=0
12x=72
Finally, we divide both sides by 12.
x=6
I hope this helps!
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You have essentially a fraction, 21/50, which gives you a decimal of 0.42, or 42%.
(Flipped a total of 50 times, of those, it landed red side up 21 times, so 21/50)
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